ACTIVITY FOR LESSON TWO
Treaty Gatherings
Introduction: In this activity, you will begin to explore the atmosphere of a typical treaty gathering during the mid 1700s. The various frontier characters could have been expected to come together at a treaty gathering. They came together for specific, but different reasons. After completing this activity you should have a better understanding of what motivated different frontier groups to attend a treaty gathering.
Directions: Still working in teams, select a new character to research. Imagine this is your first treaty gathering and it is such an important event in your life that you want a written record. If your character is a male, write a journal entry. If your character is a female, write a diary entry. If your character is an Iroquois, write a story (remember, the Iroquois had an oral tradition) that you might tell at the council fire. You should write about something remarkable that could have happened to you only at a treaty gathering. Maybe you would write about someone you met, or something you saw, or something you learned, or perhaps something you experienced. Note: You will need to visit the other character sites in order to gain a full understanding of what happened at a treaty gathering. Use this Timeline as a frame of reference.
Here are some questions you might want to consider when you are researching your character and what they might have experienced at a treaty gathering: